Distractors
Create an excuse as to why you can’t help anymore so as not to hurt anyone’s feelings
Agree to help one more time while the planners search for a replacement
Keep correspondence limited to texts only, so as not to get talked back into helping again via a phone call when it’s hardest to say no
Key
Give advance notice to the event planners and have a replacement in mind
Question
According to the authors of “The Art of Saying No,” when you want to step away from doing a job or volunteer event you’ve done in the past, you should: